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Tommy John Tommy John
Full name: Thomas Edward John
Born: May 22, 1943, Terre Haute, Indiana
First Game: September 6, 1963; Final Game: May 25, 1989
Bat: Right Throw: Left Height: 6' 3" Weight: 180
TSN NL Comeback Player of the Year (1976)
LHP on TSN AL All-Star Team (1980)
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1963 CLE A Daily Splits    6     6    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1963 CLE A
1964 CLE A Daily Splits   25    24    3    5   0   0   0    1    0   0    7   0   3   0   0   0   1    0   0  .208  .208  .208   0.0 1964 CLE A
1965 CHI A Daily Splits   39    59    4   10   1   0   1    2    3   0   22   0   6   0   0   3   1    0   0  .169  .210  .237   0.0 1965 CHI A
1966 CHI A Daily Splits   34    69    6   10   1   0   2    8    3   0   21   0   4   0   0   0   1    0   0  .145  .181  .246   0.0 1966 CHI A
1967 CHI A Daily Splits   31    51    0    8   0   0   0    2    1   0   12   0   5   1   0   0   0    0   0  .157  .170  .157   0.0 1967 CHI A
1968 CHI A Daily Splits   25    62    3   12   1   0   1    9    0   0   15   0   5   0   0   1   0    0   0  .194  .194  .258   0.0 1968 CHI A
1969 CHI A Daily Splits   33    79    6    9   2   0   0    1    7   0   27   0   1   1   0   0   1    0   0  .114  .184  .139   0.0 1969 CHI A
1970 CHI A Daily Splits   38    84    4   17   1   0   0    5    2   0   17   1   9   0   0   1   3    0   0  .202  .230  .214   0.0 1970 CHI A
1971 CHI A Daily Splits   38    69    3   10   0   0   0    2    3   0   14   0   9   0   0   0   0    0   0  .145  .181  .145   0.0 1971 CHI A
1972 LA  N Daily Splits   29    63    3   10   0   0   0    2    0   0   10   0   7   0   0   0   3    0   0  .159  .159  .159   0.0 1972 LA  N
1973 LA  N Daily Splits   36    74    3   15   1   0   0    7    4   0   17   0   7   0   0   3   3    0   0  .203  .244  .216   0.0 1973 LA  N
1974 LA  N Daily Splits   22    51    0    6   2   0   0    2    2   0   10   0   9   0   0   1   1    0   0  .118  .151  .157   0.0 1974 LA  N
1976 LA  N Daily Splits   31    64    3    7   1   0   0    3    2   0   10   0  10   0   0   1   4    0   0  .109  .136  .125   0.0 1976 LA  N
1977 LA  N Daily Splits   31    79    3   14   1   0   1    4    3   0   14   0   6   1   0   4   0    0   0  .177  .205  .228   0.0 1977 LA  N
1978 LA  N Daily Splits   33    66    2    8   2   0   0    6    3   0   13   0  12   0   0   2   1    0   0  .121  .159  .152   0.0 1978 LA  N
1979 NY  A                37     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1979 NY  A
1980 NY  A                36     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1980 NY  A
1981 NY  A                20     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1981 NY  A
1982 NY  A                30     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1982 NY  A
1982 CAL A                 7     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1982 CAL A
1982 TOT A                37     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1982 TOT A
1983 CAL A                34     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1983 CAL A
1984 CAL A                32     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1984 CAL A
1985 CAL A                12     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1985 CAL A
1985 OAK A                11     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1985 OAK A
1985 TOT A                23     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1985 TOT A
1986 NY  A                13     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1986 NY  A
1987 NY  A                33     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1987 NY  A
1988 NY  A                35     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1988 NY  A
1989 NY  A                10     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1989 NY  A
Total NL                 182   397   14   60   7   0   1   24   14   0   74   0  51   1   0  11  12    0   0  .151  .180  .176   0.0 Total NL        
Total AL                 579   503   29   81   6   0   4   30   19   0  137   1  42   2   0   5   8    0   0  .161  .192  .197   0.0 Total AL        
Total            Splits  761   900   43  141  13   0   5   54   33   0  211   1  93   3   0  16  20    0   0  .157  .187  .188   0.0 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
Division Series Batting RecordDivision Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1981 NY  A                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1981 NY  A
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1977 LA  N Daily Splits    2     5    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .200  .200 1977 LA  N
1978 LA  N Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1978 LA  N
1980 NY  A                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1980 NY  A
1981 NY  A                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1981 NY  A
1982 CAL A                 2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1982 CAL A
Total NL                   3     8    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .125  .125 Total NL        
Total AL                   4     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total AL        
Total            Splits    7     8    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .125  .125 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1977 LA  N Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1977 LA  N
1978 LA  N                 2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1978 LA  N
1981 NY  A Daily Splits    3     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1981 NY  A
Total            Splits    6     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1968 AL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1968 AL   
1980 AL    Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1980 AL   
Total            Splits    2     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Pitching RecordPitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1963 CLE A Daily Splits    6   3   0   0   1   0   20.1   23    91   1   10    5    6   1    9   3   1   1   0   0   2   0   2   5   0   2   2.21   0.0 1963 CLE A
1964 CLE A Daily Splits   25  14   2   1   0   0   94.1   97   412  10   53   41   35   4   65   5   2   5   0   1  16   4  14  10   2   9   3.91  -0.7 1964 CLE A
1965 CHI A Daily Splits   39  27   6   1   4   3  183.2  162   752  12   67   63   58   6  126   7   1   8   2   0  30   4  25  16  14   7   3.09   0.9 1965 CHI A
1966 CHI A Daily Splits   34  33  10   5   0   0  223    195   904  13   76   65   57   4  138   7   4  10   7   1  22   8  22  16  14  11   2.62   2.0 1966 CHI A
1967 CHI A Daily Splits   31  29   9   6   1   0  178.1  143   715  12   62   49   47   7  110   5   5   5   5   0  14   6  17  14  10  13   2.47   1.9 1967 CHI A
1968 CHI A Daily Splits   25  25   5   1   0   0  177.1  135   705  10   45   39   49   4  117   5   1   2  12   1  19   0  19  10  10   5   1.98   2.5 1968 CHI A
1969 CHI A Daily Splits   33  33   6   2   0   0  232.1  230   984  16   91   84   90  10  128   8   4  15   1   1  24   5  31  12   9  11   3.25   1.5 1969 CHI A
1970 CHI A Daily Splits   37  37  10   3   0   0  269.1  253  1133  19  117   98  101  16  138   9   5  17   9   0  33   7  41  23  12  17   3.27   2.0 1970 CHI A
1971 CHI A Daily Splits   38  35  10   3   0   0  229.1  244   975  17  115   92   58   5  131  10  10  10   5   0  26   7  29  27  13  16   3.61  -0.5 1971 CHI A
1972 LA  N Daily Splits   29  29   4   1   0   0  186.2  172   766  14   68   60   40   1  117  13   4  10   3   0  22   5  21  24  11   5   2.89   1.1 1972 LA  N
1973 LA  N Daily Splits   36  31   4   2   3   0  218    202   888  16   88   75   50   2  116   9   4   3   4   0  30   5  29  17  16   7   3.10   1.4 1973 LA  N
1974 LA  N Daily Splits   22  22   5   3   0   0  153    133   616   4   51   44   42   0   78   3   3   5   1   0  25   2  10   7  13   3   2.59   1.5 1974 LA  N
1976 LA  N Daily Splits   31  31   6   2   0   0  207    207   868   7   76   71   61   4   91  10   5   7   0   1  33   4  23  15  10  10   3.09   0.5 1976 LA  N
1977 LA  N Daily Splits   31  31  11   3   0   0  220.1  225   906  12   82   68   50   3  123  10   1   6   3   0  34   4  32  16  20   7   2.78   2.9 1977 LA  N
1978 LA  N Daily Splits   33  30   7   0   3   1  213    230   912  11   95   78   53   7  124   4   2   6   5   1  27   3  26  24  17  10   3.30   0.3 1978 LA  N
1979 NY  A Daily Splits   37  36  17   3   1   0  276.1  268  1116   9  109   91   65   1  111  11   5  11   4   1  36   8  45  18  21   9   2.96   3.2 1979 NY  A
1980 NY  A Daily Splits   36  36  16   6   0   0  265.1  270  1089  13  115  101   56   1   78  15   5   5   6   0  50  12  33  20  22   9   3.43   1.7 1980 NY  A
1981 NY  A Daily Splits   20  20   7   0   0   0  140.1  135   580  10   50   41   39   2   50   8   2   6   3   2  17   2  17   7   9   8   2.63   1.7 1981 NY  A
1982 NY  A Daily Splits   30  26   9   2   2   0  186.2  190   766  11   84   76   34   1   54   7   7   5   3   2  25  12  22  13  10  10   3.66   0.8 1982 NY  A
1982 CAL A Daily Splits    7   7   1   0   0   0   35     49   152   4   18   15    5   0   14   1   0   2   0   0  11   1   5   2   4   2   3.86   0.0 1982 CAL A
1982 TOT A                37  33  10   2   2   0  221.2  239   918  15  102   91   39   1   68   8   7   7   3   2  36  13  27  15  14  12   3.69   0.8 1982 TOT A
1983 CAL A Daily Splits   34  34   9   0   0   0  234.2  287  1010  20  126  113   49   5   65   8   7  11   2   0  50   5  32  19  11  13   4.33  -0.7 1983 CAL A
1984 CAL A Daily Splits   32  29   4   1   1   0  181.1  223   797  15   97   91   56   3   47   3   6  11   4   0  38   5  24   9   7  13   4.52  -1.0 1984 CAL A
1985 CAL A Daily Splits   12   6   0   0   2   0   38.1   51   176   3   22   20   15   1   17   3   2   5   1   0  10   1   7   2   2   4   4.70  -0.3 1985 CAL A
1985 OAK A Daily Splits   11  11   0   0   0   0   48     66   221   6   37   33   13   0    8   6   2   2   1   0  14   1   4   5   2   6   6.19  -1.8 1985 OAK A
1985 TOT A                23  17   0   0   2   0   86.1  117   397   9   59   53   28   1   25   9   4   7   2   0  24   2  11   7   4  10   5.53  -2.1 1985 TOT A
1986 NY  A Daily Splits   13  10   1   0   2   0   70.2   73   290   8   27   23   15   1   28   5   3   2   2   0   7   0  10   6   5   3   2.93   1.0 1986 NY  A
1987 NY  A Daily Splits   33  33   3   1   0   0  187.2  212   802  12   95   84   47   7   63  12   1   9   6   0  31   3  27  16  13   6   4.03   0.5 1987 NY  A
1988 NY  A Daily Splits   35  32   0   0   2   0  176.1  221   776  11   96   88   46   4   81   5   2   5   6   5  43   3  29  12   9   8   4.49  -0.8 1988 NY  A
1989 NY  A Daily Splits   10  10   0   0   0   0   63.2   87   290   6   45   41   22   2   18   4   2   3   3   0  10   0   8   2   2   7   5.80  -1.5 1989 NY  A
Total NL                 182 174  37  11   6   1 1198   1169  4956  64  460  396  296  17  649  49  19  37  16   2 171  23 141 103  87  42   2.97   7.7 Total NL        
Total AL                 578 526 125  35  16   3 3512.1 3614 14736 238 1557 1353  963  85 1596 147  77 150  82  14 528  94 463 264 201 189   3.47  12.4 Total AL        
Total            Splits  760 700 162  46  22   4 4710.1 4783 19692 302 2017 1749 1259 102 2245 196  96 187  98  16 699 117 604 367 288 231   3.34  20.1 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
Division Series Pitching RecordDivision Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1981 NY  A Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    7      8    29   2    5    5    2   0    0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   6.43 1981 NY  A
League Championship Series Pitching RecordLeague Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1977 LA  N Daily Splits    2   2   1   0   0   0   13.2   11    60   1    5    1    5   0   11   0   0   0   2   0   1   0   1   2   1   0   0.66 1977 LA  N
1978 LA  N Daily Splits    1   1   1   1   0   0    9      4    30   0    0    0    2   0    4   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0   1   0   0.00 1978 LA  N
1980 NY  A Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    6.2    8    28   1    2    2    1   0    3   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   2.70 1980 NY  A
1981 NY  A Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    6      6    24   0    1    1    1   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   2   0   2   1   1   0   1.50 1981 NY  A
1982 CAL A Daily Splits    2   2   1   0   0   0   12.1   11    54   1    9    7    6   1    6   0   0   3   1   0   1   0   1   1   1   1   5.11 1982 CAL A
Total NL                   3   3   2   1   0   0   22.2   15    90   1    5    1    7   0   15   0   0   0   2   0   1   0   4   2   2   0   0.40 Total NL        
Total AL                   4   4   1   0   0   0   25     25   106   2   12   10    8   1   12   0   0   4   1   0   4   0   4   2   2   1   3.60 Total AL        
Total            Splits    7   7   3   1   0   0   47.2   40   196   3   17   11   15   1   27   0   0   4   3   0   5   0   8   4   4   1   2.08 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
World Series Pitching RecordWorld Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1977 LA  N Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    6      9    30   0    5    4    3   0    7   1   0   0   1   0   3   0   1   0   0   1   6.00 1977 LA  N
1978 LA  N Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.2   14    61   1    8    5    4   0    6   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   1   1   0   3.07 1978 LA  N
1981 NY  A Daily Splits    3   2   0   0   1   0   13     11    51   0    1    1    0   0    8   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   1   0   0.69 1981 NY  A
Total            Splits    6   5   0   0   1   0   33.2   34   142   1   14   10    7   0   21   2   1   0   1   0   4   0   2   3   2   1   2.67 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
All-Star Game Pitching RecordAll-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1968 AL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   1   0    0.2    1     2   0    0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   0   0.00 1968 AL   
1980 AL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    2.1    4    11   1    3    3    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1  11.57 1980 AL   
Total            Splits    2   0   0   0   1   0    3      5    13   1    3    3    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   1   9.00 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1963 CLE A Daily   P    6    3    0    20.1     1    3    0    0   0    0    1    3    0 1.000
1964 CLE A Daily   P   25   14    2    94.1     5   16    0    2   0    3    0    2    0 1.000
1965 CHI A Daily   P   39   27    6   183.2     4   51    5    3   0    0    7   12    2  .917
1966 CHI A Daily   P   34   33   10   223       8   47    5    0   1    1    9   15    0  .917
1967 CHI A Daily   P   31   29    9   178.1    17   55    2    4   0    3    5    4    0  .973
1968 CHI A Daily   P   25   25    5   177.1    10   54    1    6   0    0    6   10    0  .985
1969 CHI A Daily   P   33   33    6   232      16   66    0    4   0    4    5   13    1 1.000
1970 CHI A Daily   P   37   37   10   269.1    15   65    8    3   0    2    6   13    1  .909
1971 CHI A Daily   P   38   35   10   229.1     9   34    3    2   0    2    5   12    0  .935
1972 LA  N Daily   P   29   29    4   186.2    11   45    0    3   0    1    3    7    0 1.000
1973